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    "Colonel, the sea is full of Chinese ships! What should we do? Fiumicino," a junior officer reported to Colonel Fabio, the commander of the 2nd Regiment of the 14th Infantry Division of the Italian Army.

    "Order the 1st Battalion to enter the position immediately, and the 2nd Battalion is also prepared. No matter what, we must resist the Chinese attack! In addition, send a telegram to the division headquarters that we need reinforcements! Otherwise, we will not be able to withstand the Chinese attack!"  Colonel Bio shouted in panic.

    The invasion of the Chinese army came suddenly to them, and the Italian army was not prepared at all.  There is only one regiment and one artillery battalion of the 14th Infantry Division stationed in Fiumicino. Without preparation, it is harder than climbing to the sky to withstand the attack of the Chinese army!

    The soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the Italian Army, urged by their superiors, rushed out of the barracks and rushed towards the coast.  Many people rushed out of the military camp with rifles in hand without even putting on their clothes and trousers. Some even wore flowery underpants.

    The battleships, heavy cruisers, light cruisers and destroyers of the Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet on the sea began to fire at Fiumicino. The dense shells exploded in the city. Buildings were destroyed in the explosion, and the military camp was the focus.  The goal.  Before many Italian troops had time to rush out of the barracks, they were knocked over by the bomb and suffered heavy losses!

    Thousands of officers and soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the 81st Regiment of the Chinese Marine Corps were riding landing crafts quickly heading towards the port area of ??Fiumicino. Because the Italian Army had no defense, when they launched their attack, they almost  There was no obstruction.  When the officers and soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the 81st Marine Regiment landed ashore, the Italian Army had not even arrived at the port!

    The officers and soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 81st Marine Regiment immediately began to build defensive positions, and at the same time, the transport ships on the sea also began to sail towards the port.  The officers and soldiers of the Chinese Army's 7th Group Army loaded on the transport ship will disembark one after another. The first batch to land is the 23rd Infantry Division of the Chinese Army's 7th Group Army.  After the 23rd Infantry Division controlled the situation in Fiumicino, the subsequent cavalry and armored brigades would land and then launch an attack on Rome.  In Lido di Rome, the 8th Army did the same thing again!

    When the troops of the 2nd Regiment of the 14th Infantry Division of the Italian Army rushed to the port, they found that the port had fallen under the control of the Chinese army.  The transport ship on the sea was approaching the port, which made the scalps of these Italian army officers and soldiers numb.  The port fell into the hands of the Chinese army intact, which means that the Chinese army can easily use the port to load and unload soldiers and heavy equipment on transport ships.  In this case, the time for the Chinese army to land will be reduced exponentially, and the reaction time left for the Italian army will be even shorter!

    Under the order of Colonel Fabio, soldiers of the 2nd Regiment of the 14th Infantry Division of the Italian Army launched an attack on the port.  However, they came under heavy fire from the 1st Battalion of the 81st Regiment of the Chinese Marine Corps.  Judging from the machine guns and artillery equipped by the troops, a battalion of the Chinese army is equipped with much more machine guns and artillery than a regiment of the Italian army.  Not to mention that the Chinese army can also receive fire support from warships on the sea.  Several destroyers even arrived less than a kilometer away from the coast, and used the rapid-fire cannons on the battleships to fire at the Italian Army on the shore. The dense shells exploded among the crowd, easily tearing the fragile human body into pieces!

    The attack by the 2nd Regiment of the Italian Army's 14th Infantry Division was quickly repulsed, and a single attack caused the loss of more than half of his 1st Battalion. The remaining soldiers did not dare to attack again and could only watch.  Watched a large number of Chinese soldiers disembarking from the transport ship.  The delay in the arrival of reinforcements made the Italian Army's attempt to hold Fiumicino a delusion.  After the 231st Regiment of the Chinese Army landed, they immediately launched an attack on the city of Fiumicino. The 2nd Regiment of the 14th Infantry Division of the Italian Army was defeated and had to retreat!

    After the 23rd Infantry Division of the Chinese Army landed, the subsequent cavalry and armored brigades of the 7th Army began to land.  The intact facilities at the port have greatly improved the loading and unloading efficiency of the Chinese Army.  Originally, an infantry division was so equipped that it was impossible to unload the transport ship without two or three hours.  But now, an hour is enough for an infantry division to disembark.  Even if the tanks and armored vehicles of the armored brigade take a little longer, two or three hours is completely enough!

    From the time the Chinese Marine Corps launched the attack to capturing Fiumicino, it took less than an hour.  The same was true for the 8th Army's attack on Lido di Rome. At 6:45 in the morning, Major General Gaspare, commander of the 14th Infantry Division of the Italian Army, had led the remaining defeated soldiers and fled towards Rome in embarrassment.  Within this hour, Rome had no time to send reinforcements to the front line!

    At 5:40 a.m. on May 20, Italian Army Deputy Chief of Staff Petro.  Badogli Fan will be sleeping soundly because he went there last night.After meeting with King Vittorio Emanuele II, he returned to the General Staff and issued an order for the Italian army to strengthen its alert and handle other military affairs. He did not rest until one o'clock in the morning.

    However, his adjutant woke him up at this time, and Petro. was disturbed from his sleep.  Admiral Badoglio was very angry, but before he could scold the adjutant and the adjutant for reporting his news, he was completely stunned!

    "General, the Chinese are now violently shelling Fiumicino and Lido di Roma. They have sent troops to land. Major General Gaspare is leading the army to resist, but the Chinese attack is very fierce. Major General Gaspare requested  Reinforcements!" the adjutant said.

    "Asshole! How could the Chinese attack so fast? Order the 13th Infantry Division and the 16th Infantry Division to rush to support the 14th Infantry Division. They must resist the Chinese attack no matter what!" Petro.  After General Badoglio calmed down, he issued the order.  In addition to sending two infantry divisions to reinforce the front line, he also ordered the troops deployed around Rome to assemble immediately!

    It¡¯s just that, Petro.  Although General Badoglio's order was issued, the completely unprepared Italian army could not dispatch immediately even if it received the combat order.  By the time they completed their preparations and drove from the military camp to the front line, an hour had passed. Fiumicino and Lido di Roma had already been captured by the Chinese army!

    The 13th Infantry Division and the 16th Infantry Division of the Italian Army, which were reinforcing the front line, encountered the defeated 14th Infantry Division halfway. After receiving the horror of the Chinese army from Major General Gaspare, they immediately gave up their previous mission and turned to  He stopped halfway and sent a telegram to Petro.  Major General Gaspare, please defend on the spot, and don¡¯t forget to ask for more reinforcements!

    At 7 a.m., the Chinese Navy¡¯s carrier-based aircraft took off from the aircraft carriers Jiuhuashan and Putuoshan and bombed the Italian army.  Originally, these carrier-based aircraft were intended to bomb military camps around Rome, but after discovering that tens of thousands of Italian troops were less than ten kilometers away from the coast, they immediately bombed these Italian troops!

    Hundreds of fighters and bombers taking off from two aircraft carriers carried out a fierce attack on the remaining troops of the Italian Army's 13th Infantry Division, 16th Infantry Division and 14th Infantry Division.  The F58 'Puffin' has small bombs hung under the wings of the fighter jets to perform bombing missions. Although the bombing accuracy is not high, tens of thousands of Italian troops gather together, and as long as the bombs are dropped, they can kill one piece.  C'Osprey, a torpedo attack aircraft also carries heavy bombs and performs ground bombing missions.  Not to mention the HBD 'Fish Eagle' and dive bombers. Every dive bombing, accompanied by a shrill roar that can pierce a person's eardrums, and the heavy bombs dropped can cause extremely heavy casualties to the Italian Army!

    During the bombing and strafing by the Chinese Navy's carrier-based aircraft, the Italian Army, which was hit for the first time, collapsed. They abandoned their weapons, gave up all their heavy equipment, and fled toward Rome in embarrassment.

    Under the attack of the Chinese Navy's carrier-based aircraft force, their confidence was completely destroyed!  The combat effectiveness of the Italian Army is not high to begin with. It cannot even defeat the Austro-Hungarian Army, let alone the Chinese Army.  The firepower from the air made them completely lose their fighting spirit!

    At 8:35 in the morning, all the armored brigades of the Chinese Army's 7th Group Army had disembarked, and more than 200 tanks and armored vehicles were ready.  The cavalry brigade of the 7th Army also began to disembark. The cavalry brigade disembarked much faster than the armored brigade!  The commander of the 7th Group Army, General Du Qizheng, issued an order to march to Rome!  The 7th Armored Brigade will assault Rome, but will not launch an attack on Rome. Instead, it will build a line of defense in the north and east of Rome to prevent Italians in Rome from escaping.  Although the 7th Armored Brigade alone has strong combat capabilities, its strength is too weak. Therefore, the 23rd Infantry Division of the 7th Army will cooperate with the 7th Armored Brigade. The cavalry brigade of the 7th Army that will subsequently disembark will also fill this line of defense.  among.

    The 8th Army was relatively slow, but at 8:58 in the morning, the 8th Armored Brigade and the 9th Infantry Division of the 8th Army also set off from Lido di Rome. Their attack target was southern Rome, and then with  After the troops of the 7th Army unite, they will be able to build a line of defense outside Rome.

    An hour later, the 7th Armored Brigade of the Chinese Army appeared in the north of Rome, cutting off the passage north from Rome.  At 10:25, the 8th Armored Brigade appeared in the south of Rome and joined forces with the 7th Armored Brigade in the east of Rome!
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